Grateful kids step 1

lately my heart has been grieved by the way my children have been not as thankful and very much "gimme, gimme". i know that they are only 5, 3, and 1.5. however, the first 5 years is the most crucial in teaching our children their core values and morals. so i decided that i need to change their ungrateful hearts and do it FAST. so after speaking with my husband, we decided to take all the kids toys away. yup, ALL the toys. even poor Bug had to have his taken away (or the other 2 would just play with his toys). we left mega blocks, puzzles, and books. their rooms look really clean! we had a family meeting telling them why we were taking their toys away and that after a while they could start earning them back. Drama was the one who had the most to say about our decision. go figure! she cried and said "you've made me very sad!" not only will we take their toys away but i will be doing daily activities with them to drive home the subject and adding a bible verse in there of course! 1 Chronicles 16:34 "Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!" seemed like the most obvious choice. so today i typed up the verse in the middle of a blank page and my kids will be cutting out pictures from magazines or drawing what they are thankful for. we will put them up on their walls in their rooms so they can continue to look at them through our "grateful hearts journey" if you'd like to print this out for your own children, let me know and i will send it to you.